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Evaluating Interactions of Forest Conservation Policies on Avoided Deforestation
(2015)We estimate the effects on deforestation that have resulted from policy interactions between parks and payments and between park buffers and payments in Costa Rica between 2000 and 2005. We show that the characteristics ... -
Environmental and Economic Impacts of Growing Certified Organic Coffee in Colombia
(2015-02)According to advocates, eco-certification can improve developing country farmers’ environmental and economic performance. However, these notional benefits can be undercut by self-selection: the tendency of relatively wealthy ... -
Direct and Indirect Effects of Extreme Weather Events and Potential Estimation Biases
(2015-11)The literature analyzing the effects of extreme weather events on social and economic outcomes has increased significantly in the last few years. Most of these analyses use either self-reported data about whether the storm ... -
Economic Incentives, Perceptions and Compliance with Marine Turtle Egg Harvesting Regulation in Nicaragua
(CATIE, Turrialba (Costa Rica), 2017)La Flor Wildlife Refuge and nearby beaches on the Pacific coast of Nicaragua are important nesting sites for various species of endangered marine turtles. However, illegal harvesting of turtle eggs threatens the survival ... -
Credit, Insurance, and Farmers’ Liability: Evidence from a Lab in the Field Experiment with Coffee Farmers in Costa Rica.
(2017-03)To cope with losses from extreme hydro-meteorological events, governments typically implement disaster relief programs and offer debt relief to affected parties. Governments in developing countries have made extensive use ... -
Contributing to the construction of a framework for improved gender integration into climate-smart agriculture projects monitoring and evaluation: MAP-Norway experience
(2018-04)Abstract TheMesoamerican Agroenvironmental Program (MAP-Norway) is a multi-dimensional rural development program implemented in Central America since 2009, working with smallholder families, producer organizations, ... -
Paper park performance: Mexico’s natural protected areas in the 1990s
(Elsevier, Ámsterdam (Países Bajos), 2015-01)Although developing countries have established scores of new protected areas over the past three decades, they often amount to little more than ‘‘paper parks’’ that are chronically short of the financial, human, and technical ... -
Context Matters: Exploring the Cost-effectiveness of Fixed Payments and Procurement Auctions for PES
(Elsevier, Ámsterdam (Países Bajos), 2018-04)Successfully implemented payment for ecosystem services (PES) programs can provide both conservation of nature and financial support to rural communities. In this paper, we explore how PES programs can be designed so as ... -
Percepciones de cambio climático y respuestas adaptativas de caficultores costarricenses de pequeña escala
(2019-05)El cambio climático afectará la distribución, productividad y rentabilidad del cultivo de café en América Central, perjudicando las economías nacionales y los medios de vida de los pequeños productores. Es necesario entender ... -
Mecanismos de Coordinación Interinstitucional para una Política Climática Efectiva en Latinoamérica y el Caribe
(LEDSLAC Moravia (San José), 2017-02)